Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 16 January 1991

1 Originai language: French.

2 Council Directive 68/360/EEC of 15 October 1968 on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for workers of Member States and their families (OJ English Special Edition 1968 (II), p. 485).

3 Bundesgesetzblatt 1965,1, p. 353.

4 Bundesgesetzblatt 1980, I, p. 116.

5 Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community (OJ English Special Edition (II), p 475).

6 Paragraph 10 of the Aufcnthaltsgesetz EWG

7 [1977] ECR 1495, paragraph 4.

8 Ibid., paragraph 10.

9 See the Commission's observations, p. 9

10 For an illustration see the judgment in Case 157/79 Pieck [1980] ECR 2171.

11 Council Directive of 25 February 1964 on the coordination of special measures concerning the movement and residence of foreign nationals which are justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health (OJ English Special Edition 1963-1964, p. 117)

12 Written observations, pp. 12 and 13.

13 Judgments in Case 48/75 Royer [19761 ECR 497 paragraph 31; Joined Cases 389/87 and 390/87 Echlernacb and Moriz [1989] ECR 723, paragraph 25; Case 249/86 Commission v Federal Republic of Germany [1989] ECR 1263, paragraph 9

14 Case 48/75, cited above

15 Paragraph 36, my emphasis.

16 The representative of the City of Reudingen spoke of unacceptable interference in the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic, Observations, p. 4.

17 Observations, p. 2.

18 Observations, p. 17.